HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

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      packages from home, soldiers continued to receive letters.,of
      support addressed to "any soldier" from patriotic strangers. Two

      weeks was considered a short time for a letter to travel from the
      States to the remote outposts in the Kingdom. 116
            The intensity of the air war was evident to those living in

      the TAA. During the day one could see the contrails of the

      coalition's'jets as they flew toward Iraq. At night one could

      see the flashes from the explosions of their ordnance.

            Iraq never let us forget the threat of its Scud missiles.

      Many days brought Scud.alerts. The division's early warning

      system, provided by the 2-44th Air Defense Artillery, would track

      the Scuds and broadcast the all-clear. None of the Scuds

      threatened us directly, but they did get as close as Hafr

      Al-Batin.

            Anticipation for the start of the ground war continued to

      build. Our soldiers saw it as the beginning of the end of their

      long deployment and the culmination of their intensive training.

      Any residual hope that the ground war could be avoided was dashed

      when President Bush exposed Saddam Hussein's last-minute

      withdrawal offer as a "cruel hoax."

            The anticipation continued to build as we awaited Corps'

      permission for cross-FL40T operations to commence. That

      permission was granted on 14 February 1991. That night the

      division would penetrate Iraq for the second time.






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